The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 44

Chapter 44: 44 Documents

The successful operation greatly encouraged the second shopkeeper, and he decided to discuss taking on a new patient with Gu Jiao.

Of course, as the matter was of great importance, he could leave out some irrelevant information for now, such as, if the treatment fails, there will be beheadings…

However, before he could mention who the prospective patient was, Gu Jiao flatly refused.

“Why?” The second shopkeeper was shocked.

Gu Jiao stated without hesitation, “It’s too far away, I don’t do out-patient service. Tell him that if he needs treatment, he should come to Huichun Hall by himself.”

“I…” The second shopkeeper was dumbfounded. The patient was someone who could even invite an Imperial doctor to his residence, how could he possibly stoop to visit a small town’s medical hall?

The second shopkeeper laughed awkwardly, “It’s not far, not far at all. It’s just in a hot spring villa nearby Qingquan Town.”

Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow, “Isn’t it far if it’s outside of the town?”

“…” The second shopkeeper was speechless.

The second shopkeeper often thought that Gu Jiao was highly capable and certainly not like a village woman. However, at that moment, her complaint about the twenty-mile-away hot spring villa far away showed that she was indeed a village woman who had never traveled far.

Looking at Gu Jiao somewhat pitifully, the second shopkeeper protested, “We agreed, you would take a case once a month.”

Gu Jiao spread out her hands, “Yes, I agreed to take a case once a month, not to do an out-patient service once a month.”

Second Shopkeeper: “…”

“If Miss Gu said no, then it’s no. At least we managed to save Huichun Hall from danger,” Shopkeeper Wang sighed in relief after learning about Gu Jiao’s refusal.

The second shopkeeper was at a loss, “What do you know? I’ve already sent out the invitation…”

Shopkeeper Wang jumped out of shock, “Landowner! What did you say?”

The second shopkeeper coughed lightly and said, “I thought she could surely cure Young Master Xiao, so… I sent the invitation in advance.”

Everyone in Zhan Country knew that the young master of the Marquis’s Residence was ill. Despite the severe consequences of failing to treat the young master, many doctors still lined up to diagnose him, driven by a heavy reward.

If they sent the invitation now, by the time their turn came, the young master might already be gone.

Shopkeeper Wang was simply at a loss for words about what to say to the second shopkeeper!

Gu Jiao was oblivious to the conversation between the second shopkeeper and Shopkeeper Wang. She went to the grand hall to fetch some medicine, and in order to not let anyone see that she was fetching medicines for treating leprosy, she mixed in several other herbs, which she could use to make some wound-healing medicine at home.

Fen Lin returned to the Academy, while Gu Jiao and Xiao Liulang rode Uncle Luo’s bullock cart back to the village.

Although Xiao Liulang’s pain was relieved, he hadn’t regained his strength in his right leg and foot yet. He had to rely on a crutch for the time being.

Walking with Gu Jiao with the help of his crutch, he saw a horse carriage parked outside their house from a distance. The emblem on the carriage seemed quite familiar.

The carriage seemed to have just arrived. The coachman lifted the curtain to help a dignified middle-aged man alight the carriage.

“Excuse me, is this Xiao Liulang’s house?” The middle-aged man politely asked outside the gate.

“That would be me.” Xiao Liulang replied indifferently.

The middle-aged man turned around and upon seeing Xiao Liulang and Gu Jiao, he displayed a kind smile, “I am the steward from Tianxiang Academy. My family’s old master and the principal asked me to deliver some items here.”

If the Gu Family was here, they would recognize that he was the man who delivered Gu Xiaoshun’s enrollment documents before.

He took out a letter from the package and handed it to Xiao Liulang, “This is from the principal.” He then handed a brocade box to Gu Jiao, “This is from our old master for Young Master Gu.”

Upon hearing that Gu Xiaoshun also received something, they guessed who the ‘old master’ he was referring to was.